RHODE STAND - Healthy Eating Event for Your Child
On Saturday, May 2, children ages 4-7 and 8-11 are invited to come to the Rhode Island PBS studios to experience hands on demonstrations. Using their five senses, children will touch, smell, see, hear, and taste their way through a variety of age appropriate activities all centered around how produce grows. Afterwards, children can choose to record their experiences through one final project: a special art project, or a video diary, or creating their own menu. Here are activities planned by our partners:
Farm Fresh Rhode Island
Vegetables are Plant Parts We Eat!
Children will have the opportunity to learn about vegetables as different parts of a growing plant through interactive and experiential learning opportunities.
- Preschool-Grade 1
Farm Fresh RI staffers will read Tops & Bottoms aloud to children as they explore the different ways vegetables grow. Then children will have the opportunity to “harvest” fruits and vegetables in our interactive garden space or create a plant parts coloring activity. - Grades 2-5
Children will participate in a plant parts trivia game. Following trivia, children will have the opportunity to “harvest” fruits and vegetables in our interactive garden space or create a plant parts coloring.
Snap peas will be the focus, easy to plant, quick growing, and kids love them! Children will be able to taste raw snap peas, and try pea tendrils right off of a plant! We'll also "plant" carrots (provided courtesy of Whole Foods University Heights) that the children can "harvest."
Johnson and Wales University
Culinary experts and student chefs will help children prepare some of the fresh vegetables on hand that day, plus children will also get to create and taste some healthy snacks!
FINAL PROJECT - Choose one
Tatutina - Art Studio
Children will get to choose their own produce bag to decorate and take home to use on their next trip to the farmer’s market!
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Rhode Island PBS - Video Diary
Children will be asked a few questions about what they learned during the event. Their answers will be captured on film and aired during children’s programming on Rhode Island PBS!
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Nurturing Nutrition LLC - Healthy Menu
Under the guidance of pediatric dietitians from Nurturing Nutrition, LLC, children will create a fun and healthy menu, perfect to take home and help make their next meal in the kitchen (with supervision, of course)!
This event is free but space is limited and RSVPs are first come, first served.
There are TWO SESSIONS depending on your child's age: the first session is 10-11:30 a.m for children ages 4-7. The second session is noon-1:30 p.m. for children ages 8-11.
Rhode Stand is made possible by Jackson National Life Insurance and the Corner Bakery Café.
Parents, please note: This is not an allergy-free event. Please use your own discretion in letting your child participate if your child has any food allergies.
